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Silage and Corn Fodder 
IBy Prof. F. C. Minkler 
Ration with Silage and Stover 
Would like to have Prof. Minkler sug¬ 
gest a ration to be fed with whole corn 
silage night and morning and corn stover 
at noon. Would like to use corn and cob- 
meal as basis with the following feeds 
available at prices stated: Linseed oil- 
meal, O. I‘.. $4.40 per cwt.; gluten meal, 
$4.30; buckwheat middlings, $3 30; buck¬ 
wheat bran, 10 per cent protein, $2.20; 
wheat bran, $2.40. Milk is bringing only 
$3.60 per hundred for 4 per cent butter 
fat at Frenchtown. X. J. Is a profit pos¬ 
sible on this basis? j. 0 . hazard. 
Pennsylvania. 
With corn silage available for feeding 
dairy cows in sufficient quantity to allow 
them to have all that they will clean up 
with relish night and morning, and where 
one has an abundance of corn and cob- 
meal as a basis, I would suggest the fol¬ 
lowing grain mixture at the prices quoted : 
500 lbs. of corn and cobmeal, 500 lbs. of 
gluten, 100 lbs. of buckwheat middlings, 
200 lbs. of buckwheat bran, 100 lbs. of 
wheat bran, 100 lbs. of oilmeal. You 
could eliminate the buckwheat middlings 
and, in order to provide sufficient bulk, I 
have included a relatively large propor¬ 
tion of buckwheat bran and wheat bran. 
You can just about get a . new dollar for 
an old one at the prices quoted. 
Ration with Corn Fodder 
Will you suggest a balanced ration for 
my cows? I have corn fodder, mixed hay, 
plenty of corn and buckwheat. I have to 
buy the rest, and can get anything. 
New Jersey. G. c. 
Granting that your cows will he fed all 
the mixed hay and corn fodder that they 
will clean up with relish, I would suggest 
the following grain mixture, utilizing the 
materials that you have mentioned: 
300 lbs. of corn-and-cob meal, 200 lbs. of 
ground buckwheat, 200 lbs. of gluten, 100 
lbs. of ground oats, 50 lbs. of wheat bran. 
50 lbs. of oilmeal. A cow producing 30 
lbs of milk per day should bo fed 10 lbs. 
of this mixture. If she produces more 
or less, the amount should be based upon 
one pound of grain for each three pounds 
of milk produced per day. Feed hay twice 
a day and corn fodder (luring the middle 
of the day. 
Grain With Alfalfa and Cow Fodder 
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I wish balanced ration for my dairy 
cows? I am feeding Alfalfa hay and 
cornstalks twice a day. H. w. 
New York. 
Alfalfa hay and corn fodder will sup¬ 
ply the roughage for your dairy cows, but 
it will be necessary to give them some 
concentrates in addition if they are to 
yield milk economically and abundantly. 
You do not state what materials you have 
at hand, but assuming that you have some 
corn-and-cob meal, ground oats or barley, 
I would suggest the following good mix¬ 
ture: Three hundred lbs. of corn-and- 
cob meal. 200 lbs. of ground oats. 200 lbs. 
| of cottonseed meal, 100 lbs. of buckwheat 
middlings. 100 lbs. of gluten meal. While 
this combination lacks succulence, it can 
be used with fairly satisfactory results, 
provided you feed one pound of this grain 
ration for each three pounds of milk pro¬ 
duced. and. in addition, give the cows all 
the Alfalfa hay and corn fodder that they 
will clean up with relish. 
Comparison of Field and Sugar Corn 
What is the relative feeding value of 
dried sugar corn as compared with the 
regular field corn? w. M. B. 
Pennsylvania. 
Dried sugar cornstalks have a little 
higher value than the regular field corn 
fodder inasmuch as there is a smaller 
percentage of fiber and a larger percent¬ 
age of leaf, thus making it possible for 
the animals to consume a larger propor¬ 
tion of the plant. Generally speaking. 75 
lbs. of the dried sugar cornstalks would 
be equal to 100 lbs. of the regular field 
fodder. 
Food Value of Corncobs 
Will you state the protein content of 
corncobs? Is there sufficient food value 
in them to pav for the trouble of grind¬ 
ing? F. T. C. 
Virginia. 
Corncobs contain 2 per cent of crude 
protein, of which only 19 per cent is di¬ 
gestible. Hence, if you feed 100 lbs. of 
ground corncobs you would obtain .38 lb. 
of digestible protein. It is evident, 
therefore, that, based upon their actual 
food nutrients, corncobs possess no value. 
There is justification for grinding corn- 
and-cob meal for dairy cows, largely be¬ 
cause it is less expensive to grind the 
corn and cob than it is to shell the corn 
and then grind the shelled corn; and, 
again, many of our dairy rations are con¬ 
centrated and improved by the addition 
of some bulky material such as corncobs. 
Observations prompt the suggestion, how¬ 
ever, that if corncobs in themselves had 
any feeding value live stock would recog¬ 
nize this quality and eat the cobs when 
available. A pig never chooses a corn¬ 
cob. neither does a horse unless their ap¬ 
petites are abnormal, even though they 
are very hungry. 
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